Got Raw 2!

I have to say that this is the best wrestling game I\'ve ever played.  It seems people either love it or hate, and I love it.

First off the graphics are great, very believable.  When HHH makes his way to the ring the self shadowing is beautiful, and his facial animations are a work of art.  You can see him psyching himself up and growling at the end of his entrance.  This game looks almost good enough to fool someone into thinking your watching Raw on TV, but just not quite that good.

Season mode is terrific, and it\'s an amazingly fun to set up aliances and feuds that last for months (game time).  I was RVD and had a great feud with HHH, where he would send Ric Flair to jump me after matches, and Randy Orton would interfere costing me a match.  But eventually I got back at him when I beat HHH for the title in a great match that went back and forth for the entire match until he brought a chair into the ring, I took it away from him and hit a Vandaminator.  Of course I marked out.

All the matches that we expect are there, and the CAS is great.  Especially since you can rip your own music, customize your entrance\'s pyro and titantron.  Yes you heard me right, you can make your own titatron, no more generic entrance for me, no sir!

It has a few flaws, and for some people that may ruin the game but I played it 7 hours straight yesterday and am wanting more....stupid college.

[Kurt Angle]

I heard the first RAW sucked big time. It sounds like this one is much better. How does it compare to the Smackdown ps2 games for playability?

It\'s more sim like, a little slower, you have to work your opponent down and then hit your finisher because if you hit it too early they\'ll kick out.  An example is in the HIAC, if you chokeslam someone off the top through the announce table, the match is over via KO instead of them bouncing back up after a second or two.  I would say that they\'re pretty even because they both have little flaws but the good outways the bad.

RAW 1 did suck.  If RAW 2 is anything like it then it\'s horrible.

never played Raw 1, I heard it sucked and never bought it so I can\'t compare.  But I\'m not burnt out on it yet, and have been playing it for about a total of 15-16 hours over the past 3 days.  But then again, alot of others are ragging the game, so maybe I just have different tastes than most.

Well, you just peaked my interest.  Wrestlemania XIX has had me interested, but the story mode sounds terrible, especially given the limited comparison you provide with Raw 2\'s.

I might have to consider Raw 2.  Though more likely, I\'ll wait for Wrestlemania XX.  They\'re on the right track.  Or maybe just get what I want and wait for Def Jam Vendetta 2.  

It\'s all about the game\'s engine.

-Eik